#FAAEAE#FAAEAE

#FAAEAE is a very light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.090 H 19.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAEAE
RGB	rgb(250, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(0, 88%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(0, 30%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 30.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, 27.81, 11.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 29.99, 22.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.32% 0.0846 0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(82.32% 0.09 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.2021, 53.6560, 47.1166)
Luminance	0.5365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAEAE #AEFAFA

analogous

#FAAED4 #FAAEAE #FAD4AE

triadic

#FAAEAE #AEFAAE #AEAEFA

tetradic

#FAAEAE #D4FAAE #AEFAFA #D4AEFA

square

#FAAEAE #D4FAAE #AEFAFA #D4AEFA

split-complementary

#FAAEAE #AEFAD4 #AED4FA

monochromatic

#F33B3B #F67474 #FAAEAE #FDE2E2 #FDE2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#FAAEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#FAAEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAEAE

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAEAE	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB9AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC7AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faaeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.090 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdc6c6',
    500: '#faaeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faaeae;
$custom-light: #fdc6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faaeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 88.372,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82319,
    "c": 0.08954,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAEAE

secondary

#6FDDDD

accent

#E5E501

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F9

border

#D7D2D2

text

#181313

muted

#868282

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAEAE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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